Robert Zahn (9 January 1870, in
Bruchsal – 27 November 1945, in
Berlin) was a German
classical archaeologist, specializing in ceramics and other small objects of Greek antiquity.
He studied
classical philology and
ancient history at the
University of Heidelberg and worked as an assistant in the archaeological institute at the university. In 1896 he received his doctorate at Heidelberg as a student of
Friedrich von Duhn, and afterwards participated in excavations at the
Acropolis in
Athens. In 1901 he became a directorial assistant at the Department of Antiquities in Berlin, where in 1931 he succeeded
Theodor Wiegand as director. In 1928 he received an honorary professorship from the
University of Berlin.[1][2][3]
Selected works
Die Darstellung der Barbaren in griechischer Litteratur und Kunst der vorhellenistischen Zeit (doctoral thesis, 1896) – Representation of barbarians in Greek literature and art of the pre-Hellenistic period.